Awn ing-frame



Patented luly l2, |898.

l. W. ZIMMERM'N.

AWNYING FRAME.

(Appcation flied `Tuly 2, i897.)

2 Sheets-Sheet (No Model.)

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Patented July I2, |898.

` J. W. ZIMMERMAN.

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AWNING FRAME.

(Applicutip'u filed July 2, 1897.) (No Model.)

iJNrrn .TATES JOHN W. ZIMMERMAN, WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA.

AWNING-FRAVI E.y

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 607,108, dated J' uly12, 1898.

Application led July 2, 1897. Serial No. 643,306. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. ZIMMERMAN, of /Vilmington, in the count57 ofNew Hanover and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Awning-Frames; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will`enable others skilled inl the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in awnings; and it consists in apair of guiderods adapted to be secured at one end to the window-frameor building and have a detachable spring connection at the other end, inconnection with extension rods or arms the inner ends of which are bentapproximately a quarter-turn around and provided with an elongatedopening adapted to receive and slide upon the guide-rods or to rest andturn upon a seat formed at the lower end thereof.

It still further consists in certain novel features of construction andcombinations of parts,which will be hereinafter described, and pointedout in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in front elevation.Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailview of the extension and guide rod.

A represents the awning. This comprises the front portion a and thesides ZJ b. A cross-bar l is secured to the upper edge of the frontportion c. This bar extends across the entire width of the window towhich the awning is attached, keeping the canvas stretched and taut atthis point and constituting a means of ready attachmentto or detachmentfrom the window-frame and also a support for the pulleys which carry theelevating and lowering cords. As a means for detachably connecting thiscross-bar 1 with the window-frame it is provided with two or more hooksor eyes or equivalent fastening means 2 2, and the window-frame islikewise furnished with hooks or eyes 3 3 or the coun.

terpart of the fastening means on the crossbar, so that by turning thecross-bar slightly axially it may be engaged with or disengaged from itsfastenings.

B is a spreader-bar extending across the lower end of the awning, wherethe latter is tacked or otherwise attached to it at several places.

O O are the extension rods or arms, which spread or extend the lower endof the awning. The extension rods or arms have screwthreaded outer endsG G, adapted to screw into the spreader-bar. On their inner ends theserods O C are provided with loops 7 7, and these loops are preferablybent upwardly approximately a quarter-turn around, as shown in enlargeddetail in Fig. 3, so as to clear the lower end of the guide-rods whenswung upwardly, as shown in the dotted lines in Fig. 3.

Guide-rods 8 8 are detachably connected with the sides of thewindow-frame, where they are held by a single screw 9. The lower ends l0of these rods 8 S are bent slightly out of a straight line, and theextreme lower end is furnished with a teat ll, which enters theframework. Vhen the screw is driven in, it tends to draw the end l0tight against the framework, andthe spring action thus created isapplied to hold the upper end 12 in the framework with sufficienttension to prevent its removal except when force is purposely used tothrow the end 12 out of the framework to admit of the removal of the armor rod O.

A curved seat 13 is provided at the lower end of the guide-rod S for thesupport and bearing of the rod or arm O when in its normal position andwhen it is swung up and down.

The cords'lO 10', by which the awning is raised and lowered, areattached at the lower end of the awning to the spreader-bar orotherwise. Thence they pass upwardly over the awning, throughguide-loops k along-fthe outer edges of the awning and at one or moreintermediate points, then over the sheaves or pulleys 4,4 on bar l, and,finally, downward.

alongside the window in convenient position to be manipulated andfastened. Then thus connected from the outside at intervals, the canvasnaturally folds in transverse creases inwardly or downwardlybetween therows of loops or eyelets, the weight of the material in the awning beingsufficient to cause it to drop in regular folds.

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To 'detach the awning, the cross-bar at the top is unhooked from thewindow-frame, the

guide-bars are removed from the Windowframe, and the extension-rods arennscreWed from the spreader-bar. In this way the awning may not only betaken down, but also the frame may be taken apart and dismantled.

The awning and frame are as readily put up as they are taken down, theoperation of course being practically the reverse of that described.

It is evident that slight changes might be made in the form andarrangement of the several parts described Without departing;- from thespirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not Wish to limitmyself to the exact construction herein set forth; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isf l. The combination with the extension rodsor arms, of an awning, of springguide-rods secured at one end anddetachably connected at the other end by means of the spring aetion ofthe guide-rods.

2. A guide-rod for awnings constructed at one end only for attachment tothe building to which the awning is to be secured, said securing endbein g in a different plane from and out of parallel with the mainportion -of the rod whereby when secured in place it causes thevopposite end of the guide-rod to engage or approach more closely theside of the building to which the rod is secured.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN W. ZIMMERMAN.

Witnesses:

C. S. DRURY, GEo. F. DOWNING.

